Full Draft

The full draft system (see image) uses
eight Weighline rail sections. Each rail section supports one wheel of the car. However, only cars with essentially the same car truck spacing can be weighed full draft. This arrangement is generally recommended where most of the cars have the same or very similar truck centers because it is the quickest and most accurate method. Other sized cars must be weighed two draft.

Two Draft

The two draft system uses four Weighline sections. This system weighs the truck on one end of the car and then the other. The indicator adds the two weights together to a total car weight. The two draft system is slightly less accurate than a full draft system and does not allow monitoring of car loading. This is the lowest cost method and can be used as a check scale for all cars with standard trucks.

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A simple, economical solution for static or in-motion rail weighing. Installs in just hours and provides accurate, dependable weighments at a fraction of the cost of other rail scale systems.

Weighline has payed for itself in hundreds of installations worldwide by preventing both underloads and overloads of rail cars.

Fast payback - Accurate rail car weighing saves you from costly under loading of cars, overload fines, and rejected shipments.

Safety - Use wheel weights to assure safe, balanced loading.

Low-cost installation - No pits or foundations to construct. No concrete to pour. Just replace existing rail with matching Weighline sections. Only one day of track down time!

Versatile instrumentation - Static or in-motion weighing. Wheel, axle, and car weights are instantly available.

Gapless weighbridge for in-motion weighing - Weighline sections replace rail on existing track and form a stable weighbridge eliminating the impact associated with conventional scales. And trains not being weighed can move across the scale at normal line speed without damage to the scale.